Game apparatus



L. D. HUDONQ GAME APPARATUS. ArPLlcAlon meu o'cT. l, |918.

Panama Feb. 1,1921.

' S14/vanto zl L Huw/v I @ticinesi LOUIS D. HUDON, 0F ANTICOSTI ISLAND,QUEBEC, CANADA.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenteareb. 1, 1921.'

Application med october 1, 191s. serial No. 256,434.

T o all lwtom 'it may concern.'

Be it known thatI, LoUIs D. HUDON, a subject of the Kin of GreatBritain, residing at Ellis Bay nticosti Island, Province of Quebec, andl)ominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the followinr to be a full,clear, and

exact description el;2 the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in game apparatus. y y

An important object of this invention is to provide a game apparatusadapted to provide amusement for both young and old.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus whereinmock combats between ocean vessels and submarines are staged:

A further object of the invention is to provide a game of the characterdescribed, which is cheap to manufacture and desirable 1n use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game of the characterdescribed which by virtue of its cheapness of manufacture anddesirability in use, will meet with Vicom mercial success when placedupon the mark-eh Y Other objects and advantages of the invention will beapparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a partpof this specification, and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure l is a view of a number of ocean plying vessels of differenttonnage,

Fig. 2 is a view of a submarine,

Fig. 3 is a view representing the Atlantic Ocean and the point ofdeparture of the merchant vessels and their destination, and also thepoint of departure or base of the submarine.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose. of illustration is shown thepreferred em bodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates atwenty-live thousand ton merchant vessel whose point of departure is NewYork and whose destination is London.

The numeral 6 designates a fifteen thousand ton merchant vessel plyingbetween Halifax and Liverpool.

The numeral 7 designates a ten thousand ton merchant vessel plyingbetween Quebec and Edinburgh.

tions along The numeral 8 designates a submarine or U-boat whose pointof departure or base is Helgoland, and whose duty is to destroy themerchant vessels plying between American and European port y In plyingthe ocean, the transatlantic vessels are restricted tothe lanedesignated by the numeral 9. The transatlantic lanes commumcate throughthe medium of longitudinal lanes l0. As shown, the ocean is marked outin a series of squares through which the lanes 9 and 10 Ipass. Thesubmarine in departing from elgoland travels on any of the sections 11,and may also travel in any of the lanes 9 and 10.

In playing the game, the merchant vessels are positioned on the Americanside of the Atlantic, while the submarine or submarines are positionedat Helgoland. The players of the game toss dice to ascertain who shallbe the directors of the movement of the merchant vessels and submarines.The mer chant vessels will be the first to depart from port. The playerto start the game again throws the dice, and should he throw somenumber, such as 11, he will move any of the merchant vessels an equalnumber of secthe restricted lanes. It is now the turn o the submarine tothrow the dice, and should he throw some number such as 7, he willmove.seven sections out into the sea. At each move, the submarine issupposed to .approach the merchant vessels plymg inthe restricted lanes.At each move of the player having charge of the merchant vessel, heendeavors to safely cross the Atlantic without encountering a U-boat.Upon maneuvering the submarine out into the sea should the player havingcharge of the submarine throw a number which should brin his vessel upona square or section occupie by a merchant ship, the merchant ship istorpedoed or sunk.

Should the player having charge of the Imerchant: vessel throw a numberwhich would bring him to or `beyond a submarine which may happen to bein the restricted lane, the submarine is rammed and sent to,

the bottom, as is usual when merchant vessels encounter submarines.

Should a merchant vessel be too hard pressed by a submarine, it may seekrefuge in the port Brussels, Bordeaux, Liverpool, London or Edinburgh,by way'of any of the restricted lanes.

Should a submarine succeed in sinking fifty thousand tons of merchantshipping, the submarine is victorious. Should the i .player havingcharge of the merchant vessel get fty thousand tons safely into' port,the game 1s a draw. The submarine must sink over lifty thousand tons ofmerchant shiIpping to win the game.

n the course of their travels, the boats or submarines may go eitherforward or backward.

Upon the player having charge of the boat safely maneuvering a vessel toits destination, he is entitled to an additional throw of the dice.

When a boat hasbeen torpedoed or a submarine rammed it is taken out forthe rest of the game. l

In the use of my invention, it will be apparent that the same isextremely desirable in use and possessed of qualities which will make itcommercially and socially desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: e

1. A game comprising a board having map printed thereon, said mapshowing a ocean and coastal cities, the portion of the map representingthe ocean being marlied off into squares, said portion also having 3.and transversely of the shipping lanes marked thereon along oertainlines of the squares and starting and ending at the coastal cities, theshipping lanes indicating the routes which may be taken by certain gamepieces to be moved over the board whlle other game pieces may travelalong any of the lines of squares.

2. A game comprising a game board having a map printed thereon, .saidmap showing an ocean and coastal cities, the portion of the boardrepresenting the ocean being divided into squares over any of whichcertain game pieces may be moved in any direction, said portion of theboard having outlined thereon the shipping lanes along which other gamepieces must travel from one city to another, in combination with gamepieces representing ships for movement along the shipping lanes, andgame pieces representing submarines for movement over any of the squareslongitudinally frame board.

In testimony whereof alix my signature presence of two witnesses.

' LOUIS D. HUDON.

Witnesses:

J. C.' HIBERT, J. RACINE.

